1 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:20,920 We've been talking about reigning faith, Amen. 2 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:26,160 And we've been going from Second Peter. 3 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:30,880 If we'll go back there, Second Peter Chapter 1, we've been 4 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:39,720 talking about 7 qualities that need to be added to our faith or 5 00:00:39,720 --> 00:00:44,520 supplying our faith or ministering nourishment to our 6 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:48,360 faith. And we can call that seven 7 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:54,880 ingredients, 7 qualities or also 7 companions, you could call it, 8 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:59,400 that are going to be those that are going to help support our 9 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:03,480 walk of faith. And for us to operate fully in 10 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:09,160 faith, it's not just about knowing and becoming firmly 11 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:12,640 persuaded. It's about also having these 12 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:17,880 characteristics developed within our faith so that when we're 13 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:26,160 walking by faith, we're going to be able to see the promises come 14 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:32,560 to pass and have everything we need in that walk so that we 15 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:38,560 won't ever stumble or falter from our faith or receiving the 16 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:41,640 promises of God. And what He says that we can 17 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,800 obtain by faith by being firmly persuaded, right? 18 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:51,400 Again, these things are going to help bring a supply and a 19 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:59,080 nourishment to us so that we can remain firmly persuaded in our 20 00:01:59,080 --> 00:02:02,080 faith. Because remember, we are to what 21 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,360 live by faith. We're to walk by faith. 22 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,000 This is called a lifestyle of faith. 23 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:12,480 We're not to live by sight. We're not to live by our 24 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,280 circumstances. We're not to live by what how we 25 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:20,960 feel and what we see and all the things going on around us know 26 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,840 we're to live by faith. We're to walk that out and the 27 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,880 way that our faith is going to be assured that we can have 28 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:33,600 victory every time if we have been diligently and that what 29 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:40,320 the Scripture said diligently supplying our faith with these 30 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:44,520 ingredients, ingredients to our life. 31 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:50,120 OK, so second Peter chapter 1 and one through 11. 32 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,120 I want to read it again. It says Simon Peter, a 33 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:56,760 bondservant, an apostle of Jesus Christ to those who have 34 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,520 received a faith of the same kind as ours, say I've received 35 00:03:01,520 --> 00:03:03,800 a faith as the same kind as theirs. 36 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:11,680 Yes, by the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ. 37 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:16,320 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and 38 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:22,520 the and of Jesus our Lord, seeing that His divine power has 39 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:26,760 granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness 40 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:31,160 through the two true knowledge of Him who has called us by His 41 00:03:31,160 --> 00:03:35,200 own glory and excellent. For by these He has granted to 42 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,480 us His precious and magnificent magnificent promises, so that by 43 00:03:39,480 --> 00:03:43,000 them you may become partakers of his divine nature. 44 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:47,800 And having escaped the corruption that is the end the 45 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:53,320 world by its lust. Now for this very reason also 46 00:03:55,200 --> 00:04:00,680 supplying all diligent or applying all diligence in your 47 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,600 faith. Here it goes verse 5. 48 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:10,360 Supply moral excellence, and in moral excellence knowledge, and 49 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:14,080 in your knowledge self-control, and in yourself control 50 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:17,519 perseverance, and in your perseverance godliness. 51 00:04:17,519 --> 00:04:22,040 And in your godliness, brother, brotherly kindness, and in your 52 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:27,520 brotherly kindness love. For if these qualities are yours 53 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:32,840 and are increasing, isn't that what it says? 54 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:37,440 If they are increasing, so does God want things to increase in 55 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:41,680 our life? They render you neither useless 56 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,840 nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus 57 00:04:45,840 --> 00:04:49,520 Christ. For he who lacks these qualities 58 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:55,040 is blind or short sighted, having forgotten his 59 00:04:55,040 --> 00:04:57,720 purification from his former sins. 60 00:04:58,000 --> 00:05:03,680 Therefore, brethren, by all the be all the more diligent to make 61 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:06,520 certain about His calling and choosing you. 62 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:10,960 For as long as you practice these things, you will never 63 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,680 what stumble. You'll never stumble. 64 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:19,760 For in this way, the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our 65 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,920 Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundant, recently 66 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:29,120 supplied to you. So we have broken down all of 67 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,920 these scriptures and we've talked about how we've been 68 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,640 given the same faith each and every one of us. 69 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:38,800 When we get born again, we have been given the same faith as the 70 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:43,080 disciples has, and the same faith that the disciples had is 71 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:49,080 the same faith that God said He brings to people's life. 72 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,600 OK? It's not a different faith that 73 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:54,440 the apostles had. It's the same faith. 74 00:05:54,880 --> 00:06:00,440 And when we get born again, we get that same seed of faith, 75 00:06:00,440 --> 00:06:03,520 that seed of faith planted in our heart. 76 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:09,200 And not only that, not only do we get faith, we get divine 77 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:11,960 power. When we get born again. 78 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,760 What does He say? That divine power is granted to 79 00:06:15,760 --> 00:06:21,640 us to be able to walk in this life and be able to what have 80 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:28,720 everything we need in this life, and not just living this life, 81 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:32,680 barely making it through, barely getting along, but we will live 82 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:37,080 it godly. We will live it godly. 83 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:41,160 It's life and godliness. Amen. 84 00:06:42,040 --> 00:06:50,400 And so then he lets us know that we not only have been given 85 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:54,400 divine power, not only have we been given faith, we have been 86 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:59,120 given the divine nature of God. Thank God. 87 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:04,440 Thank God, I no longer have to live by the sinful nature, but I 88 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:08,000 have a divine nature that's been given to me. 89 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,920 I am partakers. Come on, Hallelujah. 90 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:16,640 God himself come on, lives on the inside of us. 91 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:28,040 So he lets us know that all we have to do now is apply with 92 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:32,320 diligence to our faith, right? And we broke that word out. 93 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,680 Apply or supply. And that literally means add to 94 00:07:37,960 --> 00:07:41,640 bring a supply to to furnish your faith. 95 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:46,200 It also means to minister nourishment to your faith. 96 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:51,680 So your faith needs more than just faith comes from hearing 97 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,720 and hearing from the Word of God. 98 00:07:54,040 --> 00:08:00,000 No, your faith needs a supply of these 7 qualities operating and 99 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:05,560 nourishing you so that when you're in a situation where your 100 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:10,960 faith is there, listen, I'm going to be able to walk through 101 00:08:10,960 --> 00:08:16,440 it and be able to receive it and see the tangible results of 102 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:23,040 faith, faith in my life because I've allowed him to nourish 103 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:28,400 these qualities in my life. And I want to read second Peter 104 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:33,679 one and 10 out of the amplified, just that last verse, because I 105 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,799 think it's so important the way the amplified reads it. 106 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:40,840 It says, therefore, believers be all the more diligent to make 107 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,320 certain about his calling and choosing you be sure that your 108 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:48,200 behavior. So these qualities and these 109 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:54,280 ingredients have to do with what your behavior, your character, 110 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:59,360 your actions, the way you function and you operate. 111 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:01,320 Great. It can be evident. 112 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:06,480 So he lets us know, be sure that your behavior reflects and 113 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,640 confirms your relationship with God. 114 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:13,640 So what is it that's going to confirm your relationship with 115 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,120 God? Just that you've come down and 116 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,400 asked him to come into your heart and save you. 117 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:27,800 No, there's some behavior that's going to confirm there's some 118 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:29,120 actions. What is it? 119 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:34,720 There's some change in your life that's going to be a proven fact 120 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:40,080 that you really are born again and have a relationship with 121 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,240 God. Because every the way you 122 00:09:42,240 --> 00:09:47,680 operate, the way you behave, people can notice and see that 123 00:09:47,680 --> 00:09:52,880 this is the operation of what he says a Kingdom citizen will look 124 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:56,720 like, Amen, a godly person, right? 125 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:02,760 So it says it will confirm your relationship with God. 126 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:07,760 For by doing these things actively and developing these 127 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:12,120 virtues, you will never stumble in your spiritual growth. 128 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:17,600 So he expects us to grow and will live a life that leads 129 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:23,960 others away from sin. And you have to ask yourself, 130 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,520 when you're around people, do you by your life and your 131 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:33,840 lifestyle and your behavior and your godliness bring people away 132 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,000 from sin? Or do you allow their behaviors 133 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:42,480 and their lifestyles and their actions bring you towards sin 134 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:50,640 again? OK, so there's evidence of you 135 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,920 being a child of God. There's evidence not just by 136 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:59,080 word but by demonstration because you've allowed these 137 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:04,560 qualities, not just because you, you know, say you have faith. 138 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:10,080 OK. And so we went through several 139 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:14,400 of the points. And last week we actually talked 140 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:17,880 about this point, and I didn't finish. 141 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:24,320 And I think it's so necessary that I finished this point and 142 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:30,080 we were on point #4 which is the fourth quality, which was 143 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:35,200 perseverance. Perseverance because I am 144 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:41,600 telling you right now, it is the ones that know how to persevere 145 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:47,720 in the midst of situations and circumstances in life where the 146 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:54,360 enemy is coming in like a flood. Come on, that you are going to 147 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:58,600 have to have perseverance to be able to overcome this situation. 148 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,680 And if you don't, you're not going to make it through. 149 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:04,240 You're not going to make it through. 150 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:10,120 And I have so many scriptural evidences of showing you how 151 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:15,520 important perseverance and endurance is in your life and 152 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:20,760 your walk of faith. And I'm seeing the generation 153 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:24,800 that we're living in that does not know how to persevere 154 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:28,840 through problems, that does not know how to overcome, does not 155 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:33,240 know how to endure. Come on the testing and the 156 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:41,280 trying of their faith. Every believer will walk through 157 00:12:41,280 --> 00:12:44,640 testing and trying of your faith. 158 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:49,800 You will not get away from it if you're really going to live by 159 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:55,640 faith. We will all encounter this and 160 00:12:55,640 --> 00:13:01,840 must have this quality supplying our faith walk, which is 161 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,280 endurance. And so perseverance we talked 162 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:10,640 about means steadfastness, consistency, and patient 163 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:16,040 endurance, right? Remember the Scripture, which we 164 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,040 probably will read it in a minute out of Hebrews, you know 165 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:25,680 who talks about we have to what it is through faith and patience 166 00:13:26,120 --> 00:13:28,720 that we will inherit the promises. 167 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:34,440 But it's not just patience, it's patience, endurance. 168 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:39,520 And I think this key because it's not just about enduring, 169 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:42,800 oh, I'm just going to have to endure through this. 170 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:51,080 If I can just endure this, if I can just get through this month, 171 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:55,000 if I can just endure this teenage years, if I could. 172 00:13:55,320 --> 00:14:00,160 No, it's not that kind of endurance, because again, I said 173 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:04,120 that's your own willpower, but not only is it your own 174 00:14:04,120 --> 00:14:11,000 willpower, you're not really patient enduring, OK? 175 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:19,960 So patience and perseverance and endurance and consistency 176 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,240 counts. If you're going to see the 177 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:30,680 promises of God in your life, you must have it. 178 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:35,760 You must add it to your faith. Without endurance, you will not 179 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:40,200 win the victory. You can sing about the victory 180 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:43,920 all day long. You Can Dance about the victory 181 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,400 all day long. But if you don't know how to 182 00:14:46,400 --> 00:14:52,400 endure to the victory line, you're not going to win. 183 00:14:52,960 --> 00:15:00,560 You are going to faint and grow weary and shrink back and not 184 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:04,840 see the final result that God wants you to have. 185 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:08,240 You'll see a result, but it won't be the result you want. 186 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:13,880 OK, so perseverance is necessary. 187 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:19,120 Endurance is necessary that we have to be able to nourish our 188 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,160 faith and keep us in a place when we're going through 189 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:29,040 difficult situations or challenges or not even difficult 190 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:36,000 situations or challenges. How about just life and the 191 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:42,440 day-to-day mundane routine, right? 192 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:51,560 How about when you just feel like you maybe haven't, You 193 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:56,240 don't feel anything exciting. You know, there's people in the 194 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:59,280 Christian world that feel like every service has to be an 195 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:03,360 exciting service, and if it's not, then something's wrong. 196 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,480 So they run around to all the conferences that are going to 197 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:15,440 get you pumped up and running around and shouting and but I'm 198 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,840 going to tell you that's not going to help you endure. 199 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:27,760 There's time for it, yes, but that can't be what you live on. 200 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:36,200 Perseverance and endurance is what you live on that will 201 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:41,800 supply your faith to be able to get you through to the other 202 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:42,920 side. Amen. 203 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:48,920 So, so many things are having to be added to our faith. 204 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:54,000 And we read this out of Romans 5 and drop down to verse three. 205 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:57,880 I just want to remind you this, it says, and not only this, but 206 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,760 your joy. Let us exalt in our sufferings 207 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:06,160 and rejoice in our hardships, knowing that the hardship or the 208 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:12,680 pressure or the trouble or the distress produces patient 209 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,839 endurance. You see that? 210 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:21,800 And what and endurance? What is you learning how to 211 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,800 persevere through the situation that you're going through? 212 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:33,280 By faith, full of joy, walking it out every day, not feeling 213 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:36,840 like it, but you do it anyway. What does it say? 214 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:43,680 It proves your character. And so many people are not 215 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:50,000 allowing their character to be proven because they bail when 216 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:59,640 it's hard. They bail when it's difficult, 217 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:02,440 they bail when things don't go their way. 218 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:07,040 They bail when you know, I've been dealing with this quite a 219 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,880 while now, Lord, and I don't know how much longer I can 220 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,240 handle. I'm done and they bail. 221 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:21,680 And I'm not saying they may bail their whole relationship with 222 00:18:21,680 --> 00:18:27,280 the Lord, but they bail on going through the necessary process 223 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:31,920 that it's going to take to mature your faith and to allow 224 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:37,280 your faith to actually grow, right? 225 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,680 So it will produce patient endurance and endurance proven 226 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,560 character. What is in the amplified proven 227 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,760 character is spiritual maturity. Remember, we've been talking 228 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:51,400 about the reigning church, and a reigning church is a mature 229 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:53,840 church. And you're only going to grow 230 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:58,080 and mature if you've allowed endurance to be a part of your 231 00:18:58,080 --> 00:19:03,160 faith, right? If you've allowed yourself to 232 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:08,680 persevere through things knowing that by faith, I will walk this 233 00:19:08,720 --> 00:19:16,320 out and I will overcome. You see that a proven character, 234 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:21,480 hope and confident assurance of eternal salvation. 235 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:28,240 So us walking through difficult situations is doing one or two 236 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:31,160 things. It's proving our character to 237 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:36,400 help us spiritually grow, or it's going to put us in a place 238 00:19:36,760 --> 00:19:43,720 that we choose to stop growing and pushing forward. 239 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,840 OK, So we have to recognize how important that is. 240 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:53,160 Because remember, part of that endurance is us being steadfast. 241 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:57,760 And steadfastness means you continue to move even in the 242 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:02,320 midst of the battle, the trial, the situation, the things going 243 00:20:02,320 --> 00:20:05,600 on. Steadfastness has movement to 244 00:20:05,600 --> 00:20:07,960 it. That means you keep moving, but 245 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:11,760 so many people stop. You see what I'm saying? 246 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:18,640 And if you stop, you're not letting the endurance have its 247 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:21,280 perfect work within you to mature you. 248 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:27,240 All right, So it's necessary if we're going to see the victory 249 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,560 and be able to overcome. And I'm going to tell you it's 250 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:36,160 necessary because he says endurance must be a part of our 251 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:39,280 walk of faith if we're going to make it to the end. 252 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:42,520 We're going to read all of these scriptures. 253 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,440 So I don't know about you. I've been seeing a lot of people 254 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:54,280 not making it to the end, not going to church anymore, not 255 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:56,400 having anything to do with God anymore. 256 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,040 I mean, come on. I, I don't know about you. 257 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:04,680 I've been in this thing now 3536 years and and I've seen a lot 258 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:10,920 through and I see people today reconstructing their faith. 259 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:19,160 Come on all these terminologies. What does that mean? 260 00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:23,400 They didn't allow these qualities to be added to their 261 00:21:23,400 --> 00:21:26,000 faith. They did not grow. 262 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:32,200 They did not allow him to prove and test their faith. 263 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:43,320 So in first Peter 5 and verse 8 and 10, this is very important 264 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:47,960 because he says this, but resist him and be firm in your faith, 265 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:53,960 talking about the devil who goes around right prowling around 266 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,720 looking who he can devour. But what is he telling? 267 00:21:58,120 --> 00:22:03,880 Resist him, be firm in your faith against his attack, 268 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:10,840 rooted, established, and be immovable, knowing that the same 269 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,600 experiences of suffering are being experienced by your 270 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,760 brothers and sisters throughout the world. 271 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,640 You do not suffer alone, but after you have suffered for a 272 00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:24,240 little while, the God of all grace, who imparts His blessing 273 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:28,520 and favor, who called to you His own eternal glory in Christ, 274 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:34,840 will Himself complete, confirm, strengthen, and establish you, 275 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:40,480 making you what you ought to be. Do you see that? 276 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:46,240 So there's some things that we have to walk through so that He 277 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:52,480 can strengthen, confirm us, mature us, and this Word 278 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,400 establish us. Because if you are not 279 00:22:55,400 --> 00:23:00,760 established and rooted in your faith, you're going to fail when 280 00:23:00,760 --> 00:23:05,360 the faith test comes. I don't know. 281 00:23:05,360 --> 00:23:11,200 I don't care if you know how to quote Mark 1123 and 24. 282 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:17,120 You will fail if these have not been added to your faith. 283 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:22,080 And nourishing your faith and allowing endurance to grow 284 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:25,600 within you and perseverance to grow within you and moral 285 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,360 excellence to grow and develop within you. 286 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:32,280 Come on. And knowledge of God and who He 287 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:43,320 is, not just what He can give you, but who He is, who He is. 288 00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:50,040 And I'm going to tell you we are going to have to be established 289 00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:55,640 if we are going to remain immovable in the hours that we 290 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:59,840 are living, OK? And he wants us established. 291 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:04,000 I said this in every area when you read Second Peter and you 292 00:24:04,000 --> 00:24:06,120 broke. We broke it down in complete 293 00:24:06,120 --> 00:24:09,000 context. He is talking about he wants our 294 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:14,800 emotions in check and established. 295 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:20,720 He wants our body in check and established with 296 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,200 self-discipline. We already went through all of 297 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:28,200 that. He wants what our spirit growing 298 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:37,760 and strong, all parts of us. He wants this completeness 299 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,720 within us and this is what this scripture actually was talking 300 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:45,720 about in second Peter. He wants everything in check and 301 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:52,040 in alignment so that we can actually have reigning faith and 302 00:24:52,040 --> 00:24:55,040 have dominion come on. We're we've got to get dominion 303 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,280 over our emotions. We have to get dominion over our 304 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,400 bodies. We are going to have to get 305 00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:06,720 dominion over our spirit and letting our spirit come on, 306 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,320 continue to flourish and grow and say, I'm going to be, I'm 307 00:25:11,320 --> 00:25:15,400 going to be self disciplined to feed my spirit. 308 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,960 Man, how many people are not even feeding their spirit? 309 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,480 The only food you get is on Sunday and Wednesday. 310 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,760 It's going to take more feeding than that. 311 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:34,360 Come on, Hallelujah. It's the one food you can eat 312 00:25:34,360 --> 00:25:46,040 and eat. So he wants every area come on 313 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:52,360 to be in a place that we have full dominion over our life. 314 00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,800 Amen. And that we can be people that 315 00:25:55,800 --> 00:26:00,200 are going to be unshakeable and immovable off of our faith when 316 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:05,240 we're faced with a situation. James chapter 1 Remember, I read 317 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,440 this two and four. I just want to read it again. 318 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,560 Be assured the testing of your faith through experience 319 00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:18,720 produces endurance leading to spiritual maturity and inner 320 00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:22,960 peace. And let endurance have its 321 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:27,600 perfect result. So you see, we can choose not to 322 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:32,280 let it have its perfect result. Again, we can choose to say this 323 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:34,880 is too difficult, this is too hard. 324 00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:37,680 I'm not going to walk through this emotionally. 325 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,480 I'm not going to let him, you know, deal with this area in my 326 00:26:41,480 --> 00:26:44,840 life. I'm not going to do you know 327 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,200 what the word says in this situation because don't you know 328 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,960 how bad they've treated me? And do you think they deserve me 329 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,000 to da, da, da, da, da. Come on. 330 00:26:54,520 --> 00:27:03,120 No, in these moments, we have to choose to have moral excellence. 331 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:10,080 We have to choose to allow him to do whatever he needs to do 332 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:15,680 within us so that we adjust and we walk it out the way he wants 333 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,880 us to walk it out, and not the way we want to walk it out. 334 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:25,600 And it's when we do those things, that's when endurance is 335 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:29,920 getting built. That's when perfecting is 336 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,840 happening. That's when character is being 337 00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:37,920 developed. That's when spiritual maturity 338 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:41,880 is starting to blossom and flourish within your life. 339 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:47,960 Let it have its perfect result and do a thorough work, not just 340 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:55,120 1/2. See how good I was there? 341 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:03,360 Not just halfway. Don't let don't do it just 342 00:28:03,360 --> 00:28:07,120 halfway. Let it be thorough. 343 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:14,800 Come on, let it be thorough. Hallelujah. 344 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:21,120 So that you may be perfect and completely developed. 345 00:28:21,120 --> 00:28:29,760 Where in your faith so endurance has everything to do with your 346 00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:38,000 faith, not just believe you receive when you pray or my 347 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:44,960 confessions that I say everyday or come on or how faith comes. 348 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,520 No. What about these, right? 349 00:28:49,320 --> 00:28:54,360 What about these being added to my faith on a daily basis? 350 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,080 Come on. So that it, it can be developed 351 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:01,520 and what it says. Lacking nothing. 352 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:06,800 Lacking nothing. Hallelujah. 353 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:11,920 Do you know that, Jesus? How many of you know he is our 354 00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:19,160 perfect example? He's our perfect example and do 355 00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:24,120 you know he does not expect us to do anything that he himself 356 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:27,640 has not done. Only thing that we do not have 357 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:31,840 to do is physically die on a cross. 358 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,440 But we do have to die to ourself and we do have to pick up our 359 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:43,760 own cross. He did everything else and He 360 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:49,760 walked it out as a perfect example for us while He was here 361 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:53,960 in this earth. Yes, this same earth that we are 362 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,680 standing on. Jesus Christ Himself, if you 363 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:00,640 have not forgotten, was walking on the same earth. 364 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:08,120 And in Hebrews 12, it shows us an example. 365 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:13,880 Hebrews 12/2, it says looking away from all that will distract 366 00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:17,080 us. Why is this important? 367 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,000 Because he says, if we're going to add these things to our, our, 368 00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:23,400 our faith, we are going to have to be diligent. 369 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:26,560 We're going to have to have some discipline. 370 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:28,000 We're going to have to be diligent. 371 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,560 We're going to have to be intent on doing it. 372 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:37,160 It's not just going to fall off the tree of salvation, OK? 373 00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,480 We're going to have to be diligent, it says. 374 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:42,520 Looking away from all that will distract us. 375 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:46,080 Focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is what? 376 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:49,120 The author and the perfector of what? 377 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:55,600 Our faith, Our faith, the first incentive for our belief, and 378 00:30:55,600 --> 00:31:03,200 the one who brings our faith to maturity, Who for the joy of 379 00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:08,160 accomplishing the goal set before him, what did he endure? 380 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,080 Did he have to endure some things? 381 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:19,440 Did he have to have endurance while he was on the earth? 382 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,960 Absolutely. Absolutely. 383 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:34,040 And He endured and He walked it out and did it on the cross so 384 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:39,040 that we don't have to. But He did have to endure the 385 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:45,680 cross and He did it. What did it say for the joy that 386 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:51,680 was set before him? He was joyous about the fact 387 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,200 that He was getting ready to have to go through an endurance 388 00:31:55,280 --> 00:32:04,760 of the cross because he knew what that would produce, right? 389 00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:13,160 And he knew that he was doing the will of His Father, 390 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:23,640 disregarding the shame. See, we know that Jesus in that 391 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:29,880 moment of him having to carry his cross and be stripped and 392 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:35,520 beaten and punched in the face and his beard ripped out and 393 00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:41,720 blood pouring off his back and and people saying prophecy. 394 00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:46,400 Now who punched you? You think you're the king of, 395 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,600 you know, the Jews, You think you're king. 396 00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:55,680 What do you say now? He had to endure it. 397 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:02,920 The slander, the physical beatings, all of it. 398 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:11,200 He endured it so that we could walk into the relationship that 399 00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:15,200 he had for us. So he endured these things, 400 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:19,600 disregarding the shame, and he sat down at the right hand of 401 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,400 the throne of God, Hallelujah, revealing his deity, His 402 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:28,640 authority, and the completion of his work. 403 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:37,320 Abraham, the father of our faith, the father of us all, 404 00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:42,360 what's it say he had to walk through who is another example 405 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:46,080 of a person that actually lived by faith. 406 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,480 What does it say? In Hebrews chapter 611 and 15, 407 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:54,480 it says, And we desire that everyone of you do show the same 408 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:59,680 diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end, that you 409 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:05,520 be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and 410 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:10,199 patience inherited the promise. Come on. 411 00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:14,480 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because he could swear 412 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:19,360 by no greater, he swore by himself, saying, Surely 413 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:22,960 blessing, I will bless thee, and multiply, I will multiply thee. 414 00:34:23,199 --> 00:34:31,600 And so after he had patiently what endured, he obtained the 415 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:38,199 promise. Endurance has to be solidified 416 00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:42,719 within our walk. If we're going to walk truly by 417 00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:49,320 faith and see the promises of God obtained in our life, it's 418 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,400 going to have to be a part of our faith. 419 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,800 Hallelujah, look what he says in Galatians 6 and 9. 420 00:34:55,800 --> 00:35:00,280 Let us not grow weary or become discouraged in doing good. 421 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:07,800 For at the proper time we will reap if what we don't give in, 422 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:12,480 we don't give in. And the only way we're not going 423 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:17,400 to faint, we're not going to re we we're not going to fail is if 424 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:22,320 we've allowed endurance to be proven within our walk within 425 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:28,240 our life, because if we do not, we will, we will back up. 426 00:35:28,320 --> 00:35:33,840 We will shrink back. We will not press through to 427 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:36,320 receive the promise. We'll give up. 428 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:41,280 We'll give up on God and we'll give up on ourselves. 429 00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,480 Second Timothy chapter 4 and verse 3. 430 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:50,400 It says this for the time will come when they will not endure 431 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:57,760 sound doctrine. And we are living in that time, 432 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:05,880 we're living in that time, we are living in that time. 433 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:12,680 People will not endure sound doctrine. 434 00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:17,920 But after their own lust shall they heap to themselves teachers 435 00:36:18,160 --> 00:36:24,240 having itching ears, meaning they only want to hear the good. 436 00:36:25,720 --> 00:36:30,880 What makes them feel good, their best life now, what helps them 437 00:36:30,880 --> 00:36:37,120 satisfy what they want? And they won't listen to sound 438 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:45,280 doctrine, which is there is sin. You shouldn't be doing these 439 00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,400 types of behavior. Sound doctrine, which is you, 440 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:55,080 you know, should not marry a man if you're a man and a woman if 441 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:58,440 you're a woman. And sound doctrine like this is 442 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:03,560 a man, this is a woman. Sound doctrine like this is 443 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,600 evil. And this is good sound doctrine, 444 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:13,800 sound doctrine, which is the truth of God's word. 445 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,880 And so he's saying, listen, they're not going to endure 446 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:20,440 sound doctrine. They're just going to want, why 447 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:22,920 will they not endure sound doctrine? 448 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:27,720 Because they have not allowed endurance to even be a part of 449 00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:31,680 their life. Because when times get rough, 450 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:36,040 tough or hard, what do they do? They run somewhere else that 451 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:45,760 makes them feel good. They run somewhere else that 452 00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:50,040 makes them feel good, and they want to hear what they want to 453 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,760 hear, so they won't endure sound doctrine. 454 00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:58,320 Second Timothy 4. Look what he says here in Second 455 00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:02,760 Timothy chapter 1 or chapter 4135. 456 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,320 It says, I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of 457 00:38:06,480 --> 00:38:09,680 Jesus Christ, who is the judge of the living and the dead, and 458 00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:14,160 the appearing of His Kingdom. Preach the Word as an official 459 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:17,720 messenger. Be ready when the time is right 460 00:38:17,720 --> 00:38:21,800 and even when it's not. Keep your sense of urgency. 461 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:25,720 Whether the opportunity seems favorable or unfavorable, 462 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:29,240 whether it's convenient or inconvenient, whether welcomed 463 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:32,760 or unwelcomed. Correct those who error in 464 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:36,680 doctrine or behavior. Warn those who sin. 465 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:41,600 Exhort and encourage those who are growing towards spiritual 466 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:47,800 maturity with inexhaustible patients and faithful teaching. 467 00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:53,440 For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound 468 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:59,160 doctrine and accurate instruction that challenges them 469 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,720 with God's truth. But wanting to have their ears 470 00:39:02,720 --> 00:39:06,800 tickled with something pleasing, they will accumulate for 471 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,920 themselves many teachers, one after another. 472 00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:14,840 They choose to satisfy their own desires and to support their 473 00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,920 errors. They hold and will turn their 474 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:22,080 ears away from the truth and will wander off in myths and man 475 00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:26,600 made fiction and will accept the unacceptable. 476 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:33,680 But As for you, be clear headed in every situation. 477 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:41,080 Stay calm and cool and steady. How about consistent Endure 478 00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:46,360 every, every hardship without flinching, do the work of an 479 00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:49,400 evangelist and fulfill the duties of your ministry. 480 00:39:51,440 --> 00:40:01,640 And we know this is Paul talking to Timothy, who was the pastor 481 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:06,400 of the Ephesus church, the largest church during that time. 482 00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:10,800 So what was he doing? He was warning them. 483 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:15,560 That there's a day coming, the people aren't going to want to 484 00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:18,120 hear the truth, they're not going to want sound doctrine. 485 00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,720 And the reason why they're not going to be able to endure it is 486 00:40:21,720 --> 00:40:26,040 because they've never learned how to endure in their life. 487 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:31,960 They're not going to be able to endure it. 488 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:37,720 So he says, warn them if we do not add endurance and 489 00:40:37,720 --> 00:40:42,000 steadfastness to our faith and become established and rooted 490 00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:45,520 and mature, we'll end up being offended at the Word. 491 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,320 And I'm going to read the scriptures in a minute. 492 00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:59,360 If we do not add endurance and steadfastness to our faith and 493 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:04,280 become established, rooted and mature, we will end up being 494 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:08,480 offended at the Word. And This is why they don't want 495 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:13,800 to hear sound doctrine. Look what he says in Mark 496 00:41:13,800 --> 00:41:18,200 chapter 4. Mark chapter 4, verse 17, it 497 00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,720 says, and they had no root in themselves. 498 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,440 They weren't established, they weren't rooted, they weren't 499 00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:30,040 planted because those that are planted in the House of the Lord 500 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:33,800 will flourish. Why weren't there planted? 501 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,120 Because they were running around, hopping everywhere to 502 00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:41,600 hear what makes them feel good and lets them stay in the place 503 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:51,000 that they want to stay. So and so endure, but for a time 504 00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:58,280 afterwards, when affliction or what persecution arises for the 505 00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:03,240 word's sake, immediately they are offended. 506 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:12,120 So the very word of God will offend your life if you are not 507 00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:23,920 willing to allow that word to grow you and will use every 508 00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:27,960 every other thing as a scapegoat because you're surely not going 509 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:32,480 to say you're offended at the word or God, but you will the 510 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:37,880 pastor, you will the leader in your area of ministry, You will 511 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:42,200 the come on the other person that you feel like was rude to 512 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:49,240 you when you walked in. Look at it, what it says in the 513 00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:53,760 amplified Mark 4/17 it says. And they have no real root in 514 00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:57,880 themselves, so they endure only for a little while. 515 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:03,040 Then when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, 516 00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:07,720 immediately they are offended and displeased at being 517 00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:14,520 associated even with me, and they stumble and fall away. 518 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:25,480 A true disciple of Christ who has allowed him to change your 519 00:43:25,480 --> 00:43:33,800 behavior into a godly life. You will encounter persecution 520 00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,360 if you never encounter persecution. 521 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:42,760 I want to really think about whether or not you've really 522 00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:50,360 become the believer and the disciple that he says you should 523 00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:57,560 be, because every single one of us is going to have to stand for 524 00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:06,410 what we believe. And we can't be afraid to say, 525 00:44:06,410 --> 00:44:09,970 no, I don't want that drink. I don't drink. 526 00:44:10,850 --> 00:44:15,690 No, I don't think I'm going to take a drag of that. 527 00:44:19,290 --> 00:44:22,050 No, I don't think I'm going to go to the strip joint with you 528 00:44:22,050 --> 00:44:26,640 tonight like they tried to get my husband to do. 529 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:34,320 No, I don't think I'm going to read that. 530 00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:44,800 And are, are you doing that or are you just not saying 531 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,480 anything? And, and and so you don't ruffle 532 00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:54,880 feathers with people you are involved with, right. 533 00:44:55,600 --> 00:45:00,960 So it says they're offended at his word, They're offended with 534 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,360 him. What about this one? 535 00:45:03,360 --> 00:45:10,600 You're asking too much of me. God, like Pastor said on Sunday, 536 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:15,480 that's a hard saying. And what happened the the 537 00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:19,200 disciples, those that were following at the time, all of 538 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,240 them left. And then what did they you going 539 00:45:21,240 --> 00:45:27,880 to go to? It was a hard saying and they 540 00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:36,680 were offended at that, saying nobody wants to use the word 541 00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:41,120 offended because they know that's not a right word to use, 542 00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:47,680 but that's what you are. That's what they were right 543 00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:53,960 offended at the word 2nd Thessalonians 1 and 4. 544 00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:58,640 It says this so that we ourselves glory in you and in 545 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:03,560 the churches of God, your patience and faith in all of 546 00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:08,400 your persecutions and tribulations that you endure. 547 00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:15,480 This was Paul praying for the Thessalonikis right Church, the 548 00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:23,640 Thessalonian church and he said what he said that I'm so excited 549 00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:27,760 that we can see what your patience and faith in all the 550 00:46:27,760 --> 00:46:34,120 persecution and tribulations that ye endure that ye endure. 551 00:46:34,560 --> 00:46:39,480 Endurance is a part of our walk with Christ that must be in 552 00:46:39,480 --> 00:46:45,080 developed. Now look at this in Second 553 00:46:45,200 --> 00:46:49,960 Thessalonians chapter 1 verses 3 and four in the amplified. 554 00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:54,400 It says we ought to always indeed are morally obligated as 555 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:57,280 those in debt to give thanks to God for you, brothers and 556 00:46:57,280 --> 00:47:00,840 sisters, as it is fitting because your faith is growing 557 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:08,240 even greater and the unselfish love of each one of you towards 558 00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:11,440 one another is continually increasing. 559 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:16,040 Therefore, we speak of you with pride among the churches of God 560 00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:20,480 for your steadfastness, your unflinching endurance. 561 00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:25,840 There's that word unflinching endurance and patience and your 562 00:47:25,840 --> 00:47:31,280 firm faith in the midst of all the persecution and what 563 00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:37,720 crushing distress which you endured and endure. 564 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:50,480 So our faith must have endurance included in it so that it can 565 00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,920 grow and become, what did he say? 566 00:47:53,280 --> 00:47:59,400 Greater and increasing, growing, OK. 567 00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:05,640 And when you get in situations and circumstances, it's not to, 568 00:48:06,680 --> 00:48:13,000 you know, you know, keep you from being able to receive the 569 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:15,680 things that God has said that you can receive. 570 00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:18,680 No, when you get in this situations, you have to realize, 571 00:48:18,680 --> 00:48:21,760 I'm going to have to endure. I'm going to have to be patient. 572 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:25,240 I'm going to have to persevere and be steadfast and just keep 573 00:48:25,240 --> 00:48:29,560 moving forward, put 1 foot in front of the other so that I can 574 00:48:29,560 --> 00:48:34,160 overcome this and actually walk through it so that my faith can 575 00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:38,720 actually grow and increase. Because every time you win a 576 00:48:38,720 --> 00:48:43,280 faith battle, come on, it grows. Your faith grows. 577 00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:48,560 It grows. Your faith grows stronger and 578 00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:53,440 stronger. OK, Look at Mark 13 and 13. 579 00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,720 We're closing down. It says this. 580 00:48:56,720 --> 00:49:00,560 And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. 581 00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:11,680 Well, that's lovely. Are you OK with people hating 582 00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:15,440 you? I mean, we have a whole page of 583 00:49:15,440 --> 00:49:23,040 hate on social media. Are you OK with that? 584 00:49:27,400 --> 00:49:32,160 Right, he says, You will be hated of all men for my 585 00:49:32,160 --> 00:49:39,920 namesake, but he that shall endure until the end, the same 586 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:48,400 shall be saved. You have to outlast it. 587 00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:54,720 You have to outlast the trial. You have to outlast, come on, 588 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:58,880 the circumstance that's trying to keep you from pressing 589 00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:03,720 through and walking through. Come on into the other side. 590 00:50:04,760 --> 00:50:13,080 You have to learn how to endure it so that we can get to the end 591 00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:15,080 of it. Let me read that out of the 592 00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:17,680 amplified. You will be hated by everyone 593 00:50:18,800 --> 00:50:24,160 because of your association with me and my name, but the one who 594 00:50:24,160 --> 00:50:31,640 will patiently persevere, empowered by the Holy Spirit 595 00:50:32,120 --> 00:50:36,800 will endure to the end. Come on, and we'll be safe. 596 00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,640 See again, it's not by our willpower. 597 00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:44,680 It's not by us saying, well, I'm, you know, sitting down on 598 00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:47,320 the outside, but I'm standing up on the inside. 599 00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:51,760 No, the only one standing up on the inside is the Holy Ghost 600 00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:53,480 inside of me. Come on. 601 00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:59,040 Empowering us to be able to endure through the process. 602 00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:04,480 Amen. You can't do it in yourself. 603 00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:10,280 And when you try to do it in yourself, you mess it up and 604 00:51:10,280 --> 00:51:15,000 everything up. So we must be people that have 605 00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:19,440 allowed this endurance to have it's perfect work within our 606 00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:22,360 life. So that I'm telling you our 607 00:51:22,360 --> 00:51:26,520 faith will be nourished and it will be supplied in the midst of 608 00:51:26,520 --> 00:51:31,480 you walking through whatever it is that battle, that situation, 609 00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:35,840 that storm. Come on, that financial crisis 610 00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:41,480 when everything's telling you you're going to go bankrupt? 611 00:51:43,360 --> 00:51:46,800 No, my faith is going to endure. You know why? 612 00:51:46,800 --> 00:51:50,400 Because I am in covenant with Almighty God. 613 00:51:50,800 --> 00:51:56,600 Because I am a faithful tither. Because I am a faithful giver. 614 00:51:56,600 --> 00:52:00,520 Come on. Because I am a faithful servant 615 00:52:00,600 --> 00:52:05,680 of the Lord Jesus Christ, I am going to see this financial 616 00:52:05,680 --> 00:52:08,920 circumstance turn around for my favor. 617 00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:12,640 Glory to God, and I'm going to come out on the other side. 618 00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:24,320 That's what we call enduring faith, not crumbling, crushing, 619 00:52:24,920 --> 00:52:29,880 you know, trying to figure out how you're going to make it. 620 00:52:31,560 --> 00:52:37,960 No, this is what God said, that if I sow my seed, come on, that 621 00:52:37,960 --> 00:52:44,560 if I sow my seed, oh, that he would multiply it some 3060 and 622 00:52:44,560 --> 00:52:52,400 a hundredfold. So that's what you have to do 623 00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:55,920 when you get into situations. But if you've not ever allowed 624 00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:59,840 yourself to go through some perseverance in a trial and 625 00:52:59,840 --> 00:53:03,280 you've worked it out on your own and you've done and, and, and 626 00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:06,560 here you are faced with it again, listen, you're going to 627 00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:10,160 be faced with it again and again and again and again until you 628 00:53:10,160 --> 00:53:12,400 let him have his thorough work in you. 629 00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:20,200 And he's saying, listen, those who endure till the end are the 630 00:53:20,200 --> 00:53:23,760 ones that are going to be making it because we know the 631 00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:32,400 Scripture, many are going to fall away in the end, fall away 632 00:53:32,400 --> 00:53:39,080 from the faith, not the ones that aren't saved. 633 00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:44,160 No, those that are of the faith, many are going to fall away from 634 00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:47,880 the faith in the end. And I guarantee you it's because 635 00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:53,360 these qualities have not been developed in their faith. 636 00:53:54,680 --> 00:53:56,680 They've not learned how to persevere. 637 00:53:57,160 --> 00:54:00,520 They've not learned how to endure Hallelujah. 638 00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:02,480 They did not have consistent faith. 639 00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:06,920 You see them when things are going really bad in church. 640 00:54:06,960 --> 00:54:10,160 And then when things start going better, they go out. 641 00:54:10,160 --> 00:54:13,400 They get out of church. You don't see them again. 642 00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:17,840 Come on. I mean, doesn't take a, you 643 00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:21,160 know, rocket science to figure these things out. 644 00:54:21,760 --> 00:54:24,120 When all hell breaks loose, they run to the church. 645 00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:26,560 Well, I got to got to do this. I got to tithe again. 646 00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:28,000 I got to do this. I got to do that. 647 00:54:28,200 --> 00:54:31,600 And then thank God turns it around because he's a merciful 648 00:54:31,600 --> 00:54:33,280 God. He's a loving God. 649 00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:36,400 He's a patient God. He's a long-suffering God. 650 00:54:37,800 --> 00:54:44,400 No, what he wants is consistency, and when you learn 651 00:54:44,400 --> 00:54:48,120 how to be consistent in the things that he said for us to 652 00:54:48,120 --> 00:54:52,680 do, you'll see that perseverance grow, you'll see that endurance 653 00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:55,520 grow within your life, and you'll see your faith being 654 00:54:55,520 --> 00:54:58,040 nourished and supplied. Hallelujah.